NYC population is 19 million ... the population of the whole state of Iowa is 3.5 million. I think Caitlin's fanbase is not only from Iowa! Nice try Stewie but that statement made me laugh.
Props to Breanna for her very smart, gracious and complimentary response to these questions! Perfect example of giving credit where credit is due! Respect to Breanna!!!
Eyes from Iowa? Stewart minimized it, because CC brought eyes from.the whole nation to a game no one cared about. They are still pretty lame. But it was fun to watch CC do her 3 pointers. Uff!
These new rookies brought in more revenue, fans, sponsors, tv deals, eyes to the wnba o er these past few months, than all the wnba playerscombined over the past 15 years. But if these players keep trying to perminantly hurt these rookies. All that money disappears really quickly. Cause the wnba looks like mean girls the movie. But the mean girls are mostly studs doing WWE moves
@@boroborn6524 according to the records they lost money every year since there birth,Ruffly somewhere around 10Million a year,They did the math on ESPN and every player would have to pay a few thousand and play for free because of the money they loose,The WNBA is only alive because of the money the NBA contributes to the WNBA.Without those funds provided by the NBA the WNBA would have ended decades ago....Ruff facts.Thats why NBA fans and players felt disrespected by Britney Griener when she said she was good enough to play in the NBA and that she was better then most men,and said she would body Boogie Cousins who was one of the best two way player not to far removed from her delutional comments......
There is no CC wiithout the WNBA. Hopefully your kind will still support when in 3 years she still just a very solid player without rings. Remember CC starts it but its up to you to follow what she is apart of.
See this is why people don’t respect you fanatics of CC. You MF just think she the only one out there playing! The disrespect is crazy. But you want them to work their as off just fir you not mention them and praise CC? Fk No
You should have heard of Stewart, just by watching Caitlin and women’s basketball, if you watched the Final 4, you had to have heard of her. They say her name every year, since she won 4 straight championships.
@@RichardWhatley-wy5mi Heard of her only since I started watching Clark 3 games ago. Started to watch a WNBA game a few years ago, after first 7 minutes I stopped watching. Kinda like high school ball and kinda boring.
@@RichardWhatley-wy5mi well Richard people just don’t really care about the unimportant things. The people you mentioned are not important enough to care about
They are trying hard to hurt her did you see the screen that idiot talking (the one with a bun top) did to Catlin yesterday? It should have been a flagrant foul. NO CALL as usual.
I agree! These stupid broads don't realize that if they put Caitlin out of commission, there goes the sudden interest in the WNBA. She's that important to the league. Protect her at all costs dumbasses!
Stop talking down to the other players. If they are jealous, which appears to be the case , hammering them for bad behavior isn't going to help. Gotta take the high road and help instead of making it worse
@mellshell1789 Nobody has done to this struggling league what she has in such a short period of time. They should be kissing her feet and her rookie ass!! Show some appreciation to the person who probably saved this league from future extinction.
Mature player, absolutely. I discovered Breanna Stewart because of CC. Wow, Stewart is a true professional and pillar in the W. Great job Coach. You have your players playing like a team.
Contrast this thoughtful sensible response to the bitchy, hateful response from other players. Don't they realise that "a rising tide lifts all boats". Well said
Class all around. Thanks to all the great players who are making WNBA so enjoyable to watch and all that everybody has brought up to this point. Rising tide!
So if you heard hey in bed conference then you have to go get checked out. This whole thing is exposing how delusional a lot of people really are, it's almost scary
Both liberty ladies well spoken. I'm sure they're tired of hearing about caitlin rather than how well they did as a team. Caitlin is always well spoken and gracious.
So confused reading these comments… there was zero hate in this video haha. They’re all very respectful and gracious. Stewie’s screen on Clark hurt, but it was legal. Caitlin just didn’t see it coming. It’s all love here
They need to create a strawman instead of doing what CC would want. Just watch and move on. Too many CC fans always seem too look for a fight instead of looking for a path forward. Kinda odd
Both my girls have been playing ball for 6 years AAU and school ball. I've been following CC for 4 years, and I've never heard of either of these players. If it wasn't for CC, I'd never watch the WNBA, but now I'm open to learning about different players. I hope they know how lucky they are to have someone like her and not someone who's arrogant and self-centered. She's made it clear that thos is for all the wbna and not just her.
How do you have 2 girls playing basketball don’t know who Brenna Steward is??? Some of the best female players EVER play in the WNBA. There have been plenty of great players in college past 6 yrs. That tells me you really aren’t setting up your girls to succeed in WOMEN’s basketball if you don’t anything about the sport.
@Leo6933 I know.....I can't explain it. We've just been to college games . I can name you all the starters on SC, UCONN, Iowa, and LSU. Girls basketball (on the school level) has taken off drastically after covid. In our area, there were only 4 or 5 AAU teams. Now I can't even count how many their are. My one girl in high school plays for two AAU teams and school ball. I guess my poi t is that We've been following CC for years, so it's a natural transition to THE W.
@@fmagz2626 I understand, I wasn’t trying to be mean…I was just surprised that you didn’t know who Breanna Steward was considering you have girls playing basketball. Good luck to your girls though 🙏🏽
If y'all think new ppl are watching for 'Stewie' you're dead wrong. Caitlin is also going to shine light on some of these dirty players like Stewart. It's not going to bode well in general. Caitlin! Play in Europe. Jones was much more complimentary than 'Stewie'.
That answer is easy...for all teams, if Clark is visiting your stadium, that is the largest ticket sales of the year for you. If not, business as usual.
Yeah and they will probably get more tickets sales for their home teams because they want to see them play other teams after they walk Caitlin her team is getting hurt that might be the main reason people are paying to come watch their team win easy dub
Thank you NY Liberty players for your respectful answers to these questions toward CC. So very intelligent, great sportsmanship and great leaders for CC as vets in the league.
Good point about media "giving her some grace".. and time to develop.. There has been so much nonsense by youtubers pretending to care about Clark and the WNBA. Especially men who never watched in the past. These were great comments.
These players can't earn Anything on their own, without you CC Annoying ASF 🍑 Worshippers huh? Next thing is she trained all of them since childhood too huh? 😅😂
@@BigManWithNoRideno fans without CC either. In fact, I would say that WNBA might hinge on her. WNBA still doesn't make a profit, but that could change in the next few years.
Breanna Stewart is great in many ways. A great basketball player, perhaps the best and her attitude towards Clark and how she played her so tough and fair without an attitude shows there is another way of reacting to Clark that is a win/win for everyone.
Brianna is the best player in the league, I think she’s also smart enough to understand the impact CC has had. I also don’t think she’s Jealous, because she has probably the most impressive resume from college through now.
Every team needs to realize that CC has raised the stakes for every player! If fans show up like this at every game they all win because the WNBA then has money to spend on salaries and expansion!
OK your point is made she had a great deal in that thank you now let's move on. Are they still supposed to compete with her when she comes to their town where are they supposed to just let her run around freely and shoot jump shots. I don't know what you are expecting. Please tell
@@hottrakz How about the players show some class and respect for each other and the game. The illegal fouls off the ball (especially Chennedy) are ridiculous. They could blow their chance to become a relevant sport if they do not show respect for Clark and each other.
@@9999deoxys chennedy like Clark is a competitor, clark elbowed her in the face and talked shlt just moments before the hip check. Athletes get heated in the game. The issue is you Clark stans treat her as if she walks on water.
It was truly refreshing to see this professional, honest, and on point interview about Clark given the vast majority of rather wild takes and flagrant jealous hate floating around both the league and the media.
The Fever really has to look to the future and start building around Clark if they want championships ....ohh what other teams would give to have her on the team. A smarter coach would ask Mgmt for better players. And I will throw in my two cents ..... the WNBA finals should be three out of five games to win the Finals Championship. WNBA.....start growing up.
The Mangement knows from Silver announcing the $50,000,000 debt it is getting time to pull the plug. That was a warning shot to straighten up or we will pull the funding. They and the coach are putting their hands in the till while the money is still there.
OK so now that you got that out, what now please tell me what people should do going forward since the conversation is over. can we start actually focusing on the game or do we have to keep hearing this? I don't think nobody really cares except Caitlin Clark fans. Y'all can talk about that amongst each other. Everyone else can focus on the game and what's happening on the court. Let's hope caitlin's talent can match her popularity in the WNBA because right now it's wishful thinking until it happens.
YOUR BEST TALENT ON THE FLOOR IS NOT WHAT'S BRINGING THE REVENUE. IT'S CAITLIN CLARKS DRAW THAT'S BRINGING IN YOUR REVENUE. NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WILL BE THE END OF YOUR LEAGUE..... WOMEN CANNOT READ THE WORLD CORRECTLY 😩😩😩
The league hasn't ended in fact it has been making more money year over year select every Caitlin Clark fan left the league will be better than it was last year because of the other new edition so what are you talking about. If y'all don't care anyway and what difference would it make keep it moving. I don't think anyone is begging anyone to stay although they appreciate the eyes
@@hottrakz The WNBA has LITERALLY been begging for men to watch the WNBA. When BG came back from Russia, her coach was MAD the stadium was empty. What is more, when they would get support, they would ATTACK NBA players who shouted them out on twitter.
Best interview.. gave credit where it was due.. CC was the reason tickets sales were so high.. said listen she is not the best player on the court but her skills are there and with time she will get better and possibly be the top skilled player. All professional players are told not to bash other players and to dance around questions they don't want to give a direct answer to. This was the perfect way to give an interview
I think what we will learn looking back on all of this is that Clark got the eyes initially. Even non-basketball fans were impressed with the long distance three-point shooting and her drama on the court (which I love her for, don't hate on it). But, once she brought the eyes to the W, they are going to realize that these other players are amazing and that it's an overall good product. Because I'm a fan of Clark, I started watching LSU and became also huge fans of Reese and Johnson. Now I watch them independently whether Clark is playing them or not. . . . . . Similar to when Jordan started, the NBA, people started watching Bulls games, but then they quickly started watching all of the games. Now it's an international product that's highly successful. That's just a simple example of how I think it will translate. There is no hate toward these other players. The veil has been lifted. This is a very exciting time!
Then why are the numbers up only after CC is the league,Stewart has had all these years and awards but never in those years has she been able to move the needle or numbers,numbers do not lie stop being hateful and jealuios
I agree with you 💯! I wish Caitlin would have just stayed at Iowa for the extra year she was eligible for. These fools are TARGETING CAITLIN bad mouthing her with vial jealousy. They should go back to riding buses and flying coach. Just a shame that the lesbian activist group known as the WNBA are selfish bigots that think the world owes them a living.
I think she should see if the WNBA will work out....but if they continue with this crapsho*ting, then yes, she should go to Europe. She'll give it a go these few seasons....but maybe she'll cut her losses and leave.
It must hurt you that you all are supporting so much and she lets you down in the championship two years in a row. The WNBA is the wrong league to bring that too because if she couldn't do it in college it's way harder to do in the WNBA just saying I know that must hurt.
A rising tide lifts all boats. This was a great interview by Breanna. It shows the maturity and professionalism that some players in the WNBA have. Ok sports media, let's see more of this and less of the haters.
The most thoughtful opinions I’ve heard. And gracious too considering the initial questions in the clip were about another team’s player. Maybe a little faith restored.
It was a screen. She felt with 4 years of screen's in college, and screen's in High school. It wasn't a " dirty play". If she didn't see it, her teammates should of communicated better
Yeah the big picture is instead of bashing everybody to push Clark take the target off of her back and let her grow you're making it bad for her she hasn't even said anything y'all said everything that is the big picture.
I'm a Caitlin Clark fan, but to be honest, these players shouldn't have to answer questions about Caitlin Clark. The media is responsible for a lot of this animosity other players feel, right or wrong. And in their idiocy are hurting Caitlin.
So great two players an coach unlike the sky Town coach ! Good to heard positive attitude uplifting each other instead of me too or I have no CC questions in this interview beautiful people in this interview
This is why the Liberty are gonna be champs this season. They aren't all in their heads and egos about the CC festivities. They're embracing it while remembering that the main focus for them are their team goals, not trying to fight for a bit of the shine CC's getting.
WNBA MVP Aja Wilson - “I think it’s a huge thing. I think a lot of people may say it’s not about Black and white, but to me, it is,” she told The Associated Press when asked about the race element in Clark’s popularity. “It really is because you can be top-notch at what you are as a Black woman, but yet maybe that’s something that people don’t want to see. They don’t see it as marketable, so it doesn’t matter how hard I work,” said Wilson. “It doesn’t matter what we all do as Black women, we’re still going to be swept underneath the rug. That’s why it boils my blood when people say it’s not about race because it is.”
Wow. Respect all around 🎉. That's just wild the ticket revenue at 2 million. That's what an average NBA, maybe not the top five, but the rest of the teams make about 1.5 to 2 million. This is just ticket revenue and not including television and other revenue. It's just wild she is on her way to packing these stadiums.
oh no the lady actually states what everyone else in America knows. nice to see that she understands that Caitlin brings in new fans and that helps everyone in the league. Not that Caitlin deserves special treatment but the other players should not be striking out at her because they are jealous of the attention she is getting.
As a 39 yr old blk male that has been watching and playing basketball for 20+ yrs I remember when the league started and this is the first time EVER I will watch a WNBA game. I barely was able to get thru the highlights without scrolling past
